Welcome to the three-man-leave college basketball podcast.

This is your host for the episode, Mr. Jim Root.

I am coming to you live from rainy Las Vegas, shockingly.

It is pouring rain outside.

But I'm joined via the Skype machine by Matthew Cox and Kai McEwen together in St. Louis at a kitchen table. How are you, fellas?

Jim, we're doing just fine. Yes, we were at my parents' house in St. Louis. It's a lovely day in

St. Louis, actually. It's in the 60s right now.

It is. That's correct. Despite the vicinity to Christmas, it is unseasonably warm.

And I'm looking at my Frankenstein colleague across the table here. Matthew Cox.

Yeah, the weave was challenged this weekend, local watering hole in downtown St. Louis.

Ironically, during the 12 bars of charity, you know, at an event, a function you think would bring out, you know, the best of people, you know, you think people would be thanking the weave for those winners that we've been providing throughout the course of the year.

But obviously, on the heels of a 0 and 6,

tumultuous run, um, was challenged by an unfortunate, uh, 6,8, 235 pound individual.

And did not take too kindly to that. And, uh, you know, when someone steps to us, guys, I'm not going to, not going to bend over for that. So, full skirmish occurred and long story short, I now have a purple knot with eight stitches

above my left brow, which may be gone forever now, unclear.

That's the third different number of stitches, I've heard you say.

I was told five, and then I was told seven, and now I'm hearing eight.

Well, Jim, the issue is that when you go to the emergency room at the time, which I did, you get the C team and they don't exactly provide you with the specificity of number of stitches, nor any instructions I want to do after the fact. I don't know if these are like self-remove stitches or they fall out naturally. A lot of questions. But we'll play by ear.

You look great.

I don't feel great.

Yeah.

You really don't look great.

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